# Active companies in Bilbao

Active companies in Bilbao was 25,457 in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

- Indicator id: `active_companies`
- Place id: `es-mun-48020`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/ine-spain
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/bilbao
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=active_companies&place=es-mun-48020

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 25,457 |
| 2024 | 25,329 |
| 2023 | 25,009 |
| 2022 | 26,944 |
| 2021 | 26,110 |
| 2020 | 26,853 |
| 2019 | 26,474 |
| 2018 | 26,672 |
| 2017 | 26,069 |
| 2016 | 27,991 |
| 2015 | 27,403 |
| 2014 | 27,508 |
| 2013 | 28,545 |
| 2012 | 29,724 |